START (Search for Truth and Return to Science)
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START, a pro-science non-profit outreach operations aims at promotion of scientific temper through the art, craft and technology of modern media. #SciComm
New Delhi, India
Joined April 2019
Tucked in the #heart of #Mumbai, the #InstituteofScience has stood tall as a hub of #learning and #discovery since 1920. 1/3
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Kaplesh Gajjar, a grassroots #innovator from #Gujarat, designed an #energy-efficient oil expeller for small #farmers. Compact and low-cost, it saves nearly 40% power and helps farmers extract their own oil instead of selling raw seeds. Click to #Watch: https://t.co/yHUx9OEoKX
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The train carried clay for the #construction of the #Ganga Canal, marking an early milestone in India’s #railway history and showing how rail transport began shaping large infrastructure projects in the country. #IndianRailways #RailwayHistory #OnThisDay #IndiasFirst 2/2
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In recognition of his legacy, 2012 was also declared the National Mathematical Year. #SrinivasaRamanujan #NationalMathematicsDay #Mathematics #IndianScience #OnThisDay 3/3
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Born on 22 December 1887, Srinivasa Ramanujan remains one of the greatest #mathematicians of the twentieth century. 1/3
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20 Dec 1868: Harvey Samuel Firestone was born. Founder of Firestone #Tyre & #Rubber Co., his tyre innovations and partnership with Henry Ford helped power mass #automobile production in the US. #OnThisDay
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Kaplesh Gajjar, a grassroots #innovator from #Gujarat, #designed an #energy-efficient #oil expeller for small #farmers. Compact and low-cost, it saves nearly 40% #power and helps farmers extract their own oil instead of selling raw seeds. Watch: https://t.co/yHUx9OEoKX
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19 Dec 1852: Albert A. Michelson was born. He precisely measured the speed of light, won the 1907 Nobel Prize, and his ether experiment with Morley helped pave the way for Einstein’s relativity. #OnThisDay #Physics
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19 Dec 1944: Richard E. Leakey was born. His fossil #discoveries in eastern Africa pushed #human origins back to 3 million years and placed Africa at the centre of human evolution. #RichardLeakey #OnThisDay
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With Homi Bhabha as its first Director, and scholars like D. D. Kosambi among its early faculty, TIFR went on to nurture generations of scientists and remains one of India’s leading centres for fundamental research. 4/5
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The Trust’s support turned that vision into reality. TIFR opened on 1 June 1945 and was housed at Kenilworth, a bungalow on Peddar Road, provided by the Tata family. 3/5
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TIFR’s journey began with a letter written by Homi Jehangir Bhabha on 12 March 1944 to the Sir Dorab Tata Trust, proposing the creation of a School of Physics and a dedicated research institute. 2/5
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On 19 December 1945, the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, was formally inaugurated by Sir John Colville, the Governor of Bombay. 1/5
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This #institute has been a silent #witness to the making of #scientific giants, nurturing #minds that went on to shape #India’s #modern science #story. #IndiasFirst #Mumbai #STARToutreach #SciComm #ScienceHistory 3/3
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Kaplesh Gajjar, a #grassroots #innovator from #Gujarat, built an #energy-efficient #oil expeller for small farmers. Compact and low-cost, it saves nearly 40% #power and lets #farmers extract their own oil instead of selling raw #seeds. #Watch: https://t.co/yHUx9ODQVp
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ARTHUR C CLARKE - WRITER. FUTURIST. INVENTOR Born on December 16, 1917, in Somerset, England, Arthur C Clarke was a writer, futurist and inventor. @startoutreach
#ArthurCClarke #Futurist #ScienceFictionLegend #Inventor #SpaceVisionary #SciFiAuthor #TechnologyThinker #OnThisDay
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